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nuxvomica

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10. Your despair is part of a process
Fri Dec 27, 2024, 02:43 AM
Dec 2024

Placing you at a juncture where you can either give into the world's corruption or fight against it. This is part of the age-old hero's journey, a pattern of growth that humans probably instinctively follow as it has been the subject of storytelling since at least the Epic of Gilgamesh. The stories are needed because the call to heroism is not always answered and requires instruction, especially at the point of despair when there is the least incentive to answer it. When you become the hero, the one who protects innocence from corruption, your success is not assured, the stories only teach us it is possible, but your life will have meaning, which is more than can be said of the lives of certain billionaires who have rejected the call.

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Definitely don't delete. Enjoyed reading and get it. Silent Type Dec 2024 #1
100% ZDU Dec 2024 #32
'It's always darkest before the dawn.' Dad elleng Dec 2024 #2
I used to hear the same things from mother SheltieLover Dec 2024 #3
question: in the fullness of your adult experience of life, (and lessons) stopdiggin Dec 2024 #4
oh yes, of course i understand what she was trying to say orleans Dec 2024 #5
and, as I said - you had EVERY right in the world .... stopdiggin Dec 2024 #12
Oh my dear orleans . . . CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2024 #6
Sometimes for no understandable reason StarryNite Dec 2024 #7
yes. nt orleans Dec 2024 #8
So many good reminders here. Hope22 Dec 2024 #9
thank you for your lovely reply nt orleans Dec 2024 #11
Your despair is part of a process nuxvomica Dec 2024 #10
Every year in December I re-read a book by Terry Pratchett called Hogfather... Hekate Dec 2024 #13
that's beautiful and very profound, hekate. thank you for that. nt orleans Dec 2024 #18
You are most welcome. May the new year be gentle on you Hekate Dec 2024 #44
just put Hogfather on hold at library. there is a DVD of it as well. PUt it on hold too. Amaryllis Dec 2024 #21
I also watch the movie once a year... Hekate Dec 2024 #22
Never got into Discworld. Do you like it? Amaryllis Dec 2024 #23
Very much, or I wouldn't recommend it. It took me awhile to "get" Pratchett back in the '90s... Hekate Dec 2024 #24
Have you read Good Omens, Neil Gaiman? Amaryllis Dec 2024 #25
Oh yes. I read it because Terry Pratchett was co-author, and after that I read more of Gaiman Hekate Dec 2024 #28
Did you see the TV series they made of it? Cant remember if it was NEtflix.... Amaryllis Dec 2024 #34
It was on Amazon Prime, so I joined for a month (free) and binge-watched it twice through Hekate Dec 2024 #36
I liked it a lot. there is always the thing where the character look different than how you imagined, but it was very Amaryllis Dec 2024 #39
The first was just called Good Omens when it came out in 2018 or 2019. Now it's called ... Hekate Dec 2024 #42
Thank you for posting this reminder of how good an observer of humans Sir Terry was. GoneOffShore Dec 2024 #37
You are welcome Hekate Dec 2024 #43
"everything happens for a reason"--I think that's horseshit. raccoon Dec 2024 #14
I dunno. no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #15
There is always a chain of events which amount to a "cause" of WHY something happened, but... Martin Eden Dec 2024 #16
I applaud and agree wholeheartedly. vanlassie Dec 2024 #27
God's will, everything happens for a reason, karma is a bitch, etc. ThreeNoSeep Dec 2024 #17
cause and effect - yes, i get that. orleans Dec 2024 #19
Thank you for starting this discussion. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #20
Agree Meowmee Dec 2024 #26
"When one door closes another door opens mahina Dec 2024 #29
Humans need a reboot. Take care. Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #30
There IS a reason for a happening and sometimes, 'what goes around... Septua Dec 2024 #31
Few things make me angrier that the sanctimonious empty bullshit of that "everything... 3catwoman3 Dec 2024 #33
It's what i needed right now. DiverDave Dec 2024 #35
serendipity i guess. please take care. nt orleans Dec 2024 #38
You are very fortunate to have had a good Mom like her. Your Mom. Your friend Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #40
No reasons, no meaning ismnotwasm Dec 2024 #41
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